Friday, October 23, 2009

Cussler Museum

A friend and I made a trip to the Clive Cussler Museum in Arvada, CO. I have always loved vintage and antique autos.Cussler, the famous writer, has a massive collection of antique automobiles.First, the highlights.Walking in, I was greeted by this familiar sight:A 1958 Buick Limited.

My first car was a 1958 Buick Special 4-door. I bought it before I even had my driver's license. I restored the car and owned it for over 20 years. When I moved to Seattle in 1998, I sold it to a collector from Sweden. He'll take good care of it.This beauty is very similar to my own, "The B-58" as I called it, with a couple of exceptions.*This one is a convertible, mine was a hard-top.*The convertible had the Continental Kit, mine did not.*The chrome on the real quarter panels it different. Mine had more chrome.Other than that, the color is the same, the GRILLE is the same!! and the tail fins are the same! Even down to the wide whitewall tires!!!

Dig that GRILLE!!! Exactly like my own!What a great car! It sure brought back memories.

He has done over a thousand professional portraits and over 12,000 professional caricatures, for collectors from every continent on earth.

Mike has an Associates degree in Commercial Art. He received formal training in figure and portraiture in the Aristides Classical Atelier, at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle.

His art has received numerous honors, including a purchase award nomination in 2004 from the Art Renewal Center in New York, and has appeared in articles in The Artist’s Magazine, and the book Classical Drawing Atelier by Juliette Aristides.
Mike teaches classes and workshops in the Denver area.

Mike plays guitar and sings with various musical acts in Denver and across the country.